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Football clubs' communication offices are increasingly important for what echoes in the media about their teams. This article has, therefore, two central objectives. Firstly, a literature review aims to understand the importance of communication in sports. Then, it is also the purpose of the text to understand if the media influence the communication strategies of Futebol Clube do Porto (FCP) from the perception of their supporters. The analysis uses qualitative and quantitative techniques, such as exploratory interviews with journalists and FCP communication elements and applying a questionnaire survey to a non-probabilistic convenience sample to accomplish these objectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aimed to analyze the influence of the media in professional football by considering the perception of clubs' coaches and communication advisors. The sample consisted of a group of five communication advisors and seven coaches from Portuguese football clubs, to whom a semi-structured interview from the first and second leagues was applied. The responses obtained were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis methodology. The results obtained show that the media are positioned as an important influencing factor in the players' performance. The massification of information and sports content as well as the transformation process that sports communication goes through thus positioned them. Due to the unequivocal effect of the media, some coaches report an environment of tension around their players, which has led to the application of psychological and communicational strategies capable of motivating their athletes towards success. However, the interviewees' perception of the importance of being continuously informed is relevant, causing a need for closer monitoring. The solution offered was internal training for professional football players and coaches in order to obtain a better communication efficiency for the clubs. We found, in short, that the media advisors and coaches interviewed consider the media to be a relevant factor of influence over professional football, with the potential to provoke teams, namely, lack of confidence, cohesion and tension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aimed to analyze the influence of the media in professional football by considering the perception of clubs' coaches and communication advisors. The sample consisted of a group of five communication advisors and seven coaches from Portuguese football clubs, to whom a semi-structured interview from the first and second leagues was applied. The responses obtained were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis methodology. The results obtained show that the media are positioned as an important influencing factor in the players' performance. The massification of information and sports content as well as the transformation process that sports communication goes through thus positioned them. Due to the unequivocal effect of the media, some coaches report an environment of tension around their players, which has led to the application of psychological and communicational strategies capable of motivating their athletes towards success. However, the interviewees' perception of the importance of being continuously informed is relevant, causing a need for closer monitoring. The solution offered was internal training for professional football players and coaches in order to obtain a better communication efficiency for the clubs. We found, in short, that the media advisors and coaches interviewed consider the media to be a relevant factor of influence over professional football, with the potential to provoke teams, namely, lack of confidence, cohesion and tension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand the care for the frail elderly provided by family-related inpatient caregivers, as well as their interaction with the Family Health Strategy, from the perspective of caregivers. Method: exploratory-descriptive, qualitative study conducted with 17 informal family-related caregivers of frail elderly from a Family Health Strategy in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data collected between September/2019 and February/2020, through an interview with semi-structured script and questionnaire. Content analysis was performed, thematic type. Results: most caregivers were women, 26-79 years old, white and brown, married and low schooling. Effective communication between the health team and the family/elderly caregiver, to the detriment of high turnover of professionals of the Family Health Strategy, excessive demand for functions and lack of training and technical ability of the caregiver. Final thoughts: care for the frail elderly belonged to the female universe and aroused a mixture of feelings. Interaction between caregivers and family health strategy was generally mediated by the Community Health Agent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to identify the difficulties in addressing palliative care and terminality in the perception of Nursing and Medical students from a public university. Method: this is an exploratory, descriptive study with a qualitative approach, whose data collection was carried out between September 2019 and January 2020, through semi-structured interviews. Results: two main thematic categories emerged: Challenges of communication in palliative care and Unpreparedness to deal with dying and death. Final thoughts: Nursing and Medical students present difficulties related to communication in palliative care and end-of-life situations. This unpreparedness was also present in dealing with death, human suffering and moral conflicts arising from religious beliefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Permanent health education is a strategy to transform the daily reality of professionals through educational actions. This strategy was applied in the daily practice of the professionals who provide care to women in situations of violence. Objective: To identify challenges in the training and development of the professionals who work in an intersectoral health care network for women in situations of violence. Methodology: A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews to 49 professionals who work in an intersectoral health care network for women in situations of violence, between October 2016 and April 2017, in the southern region of Brazil. The interviews were transcribed and processed using IRAMUTEQ® software for data analysis. Descending hierarchical classification, similarity analysis, and word clouds were used. Results: The following challenges were identified: networking, vocational training, intersectoral communication, and interface between health, social, and education services. Conclusion: Permanent health education proved to be an effective strategy for consolidating advances in the intersectoral network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand the family perception on the experience of emergency care to one of its members. Method: descriptive study of qualitative nature, carried out in three municipalities in Southern Brazil. Data were collected in June 2015 through semi-structured interviews, held in the home of 16 individuals who accompanied their relatives in the emergency unit. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and submitted to thematic Content Analysis. Results: the families revealed intense suffering during the emergency care with the family member. The fast and effective care, the presence of effective communication and the possibility to monitor the assistance were perceived by the family, when present, as care qualifiers and, when absent, as disqualifiers. Conclusion: the family life during the emergency care has been characterized by intense suffering, which is directly influenced by how health professionals receive and meet the patient and his/her family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To identify the perception of the nursing team about the motivational factors in the work environment. Methods: An exploratory study with a qualitative approach, carried out from January to February, 2015, in the pediatrics sector of a reference hospital of medium complexity, with 12 nursing technicians and nine nurses. The data collection was based on interviews guided by a semi-structured instrument and the data collected were analyzed according to Bardin. Results: The main factors that could contribute to the motivation of the nursing team were: sufficient supply of materials; motivational meetings; standardization of conduits and elaboration of assistance protocols; training courses and training; increased communication and feedback among the team of activities performed. The factors that discouraged them were: lack of recognition of the profession, lack of material, poor remuneration, excessive workload, high number of patients and nonconstructive criticism. Conclusions: The results identified could contribute with nursing managers to the planning of strategies that aim to increase the motivation in the professionals of the team. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to verify the use of playful dynamics of jiu-jitsu by teachers in schools. It is characterized by a qualitative, discourse-descriptive study of n = 15 Jiu-Jitsu teachers who teach classes for children aged 10 to 11 years old in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. For a data collection, conduct an interview through a semi-structured questionnaire and a video camera with sound record, as well as transcribed in full, all as interviews and by means of Bardin (2006) technique, analyzed the speeches. The results pointed out that the research subjects use the playful method one because of: greater interest, greater socialization, more motivation and improvements in communication between teacher and student. And what school environment has a greater need for the application of play than a sports environment such as clubs and academies. Concluding that as playful dynamics and advances in the teaching and learning process in Jiu- Jitsu classes, it is a necessary method to motivate and improve this relationship and not just an option for teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cancer is a disease of high incidence that brings psychosocial changes in people's lives. With the theoretical perspective of Symbolic Interactionism, this qualitative study aims to analyze the perceptions and the feelings of women with breast cancer. The data was collected using semi-structured interviews with thirteen women diagnosed with breast cancer who perform treatment at an oncology department in a municipality of São Paulo. Content Analysis assumptions were used for data organization and interpretation. The results show that the cancer is perceived sometimes as a death sentence and sometimes as a disease that can be cured. It is concluded that the feelings should be taken into consideration by the health professionals during the healthcare practices directed to women with breast cancer, based on ethical values and principles of beneficence, autonomy and justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The intensive care unit (ICU) is an environment in which the technique is more aspects of care. In this perspective, it is important to use communication in nursing, awakening a bond of trust between family and professional. Given this reality aimed to analyze the communication between the nursing staff and the relatives of ICU patients. The descriptive is qualitative approach in the ICU of a teaching hospital. Participants were thirty families of ICU patients. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews in September 2011 and analyzed using content analysis. It was found that family members do not receive nursing guidelines on the environment and health of the patient, and also does not provide time to interact during visits. Thereby the emerging need to encourage the training of these professionals to the conscious use of communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theoretical framework: Over the years there have been substantial changes in the amount of documentation in nursing as a result of information technologies that are part of the daily work of health professionals. Physicians are the greatest consumers of the information collected, processed and documented by nurses, given the relevance of this information in the process of clinical decision-making. Objectives: To identify and describe the information collected, processed and documented by nurses that appears most relevant to the medical profession. Methodology: Qualitative and exploratory study using participant observation (98 hours) and interviews (3) with key informants, conducted in the hospital. Inductive content analysis of field notes and interviews. Results: The most relevant information for doctors depends on the context of the subject, action and professions and can be aggregated into three categories: «monitoring parameters»; «medications and therapeutic attitudes»; and «recurrent data». Conclusion: Strategies for data collection are capable of generating valid data for the identification of categories of information most relevant to physicians («monitoring parameters», «medications and therapeutic attitudes» and «recurrent data»). The information relevant for physicians is not influenced by the person who decides that the data are collected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]